Video: Eight Reasons to Avoid The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct

There's an old saying that goes "just because you can, doesn't mean you should."

Those words of wisdom have never been more poignant, more relevant or more applicable than when discussing the act of purchasing, or even considering purchasing, The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct. Sure, new Wii U games are pretty few and far between right now, but just because you can buy this one, doesn't mean you should. Seriously, don't. Please.

In today's video, I give you eight unquestionable and infallible arguments as to why you should avoid Activision's shameful cash-in like the proverbial plague. There's even a brief cameo from Editorial Director Damien McFerran, and a totes hilarious bit at the end where I stab zombies in the face to the musical stylings of Benny Hill.

Glad to see you guys put ZombiU as a reason you should not get this game. ZombiU is actually scary, fun and difficult. ZombiU's campaign is probably 3x as long as the one in Survival Instinct. Had this game for one day, then I traded it in.

Thank you for the subtitles. My zombie's a little rusty. Ever since Activision killed Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero, I've stayed away from all things Activision and I've never regretted it lol. @rjejr Indeed!

I hope people don't get this game mixed up with the excellent The Walking Dead episodic adventure games. Fantastic. They've been voted by a lot of people as game of the year up against the likes of Journey, Bioshock: Infinite, Dishonoured etc.

Sorry Rory, I'm a huge fan of the show and so far your arguments (except for #5) don't sound strong enough to completely avoid it. Maybe NL's and the other existing bad reviews in other sites support getting this game in a bargain bin, but you never addressed the story or voice acting of this game! Was it AMC quality, or just completely coffee table coaster-worth?

Sorry Rory but you're mistaken....you can actually buy the Telltale Walking Dead episodic game on disc now....I saw it on the shelf in my local Tesco last Friday. This piece of garbage is the only one for Wii U though, unfortunately.